Example sentences of "three [noun pl] i [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This is one that 's been , I 've had appointment and for three times I 'd had to cancel it . |
| 2 | Three times I 've come round here , and three times no one answered . |
| 3 | No , I 'm sorry three times I 've said it , it is not make a face at the end of the chorus , it 's there it , and there is just one way , the chorus says if you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around then there is just one way , then you make the face |
| 4 | Two or three times I fell down when I was wearing it , that was outside in the market place . |
| 5 | My final comment is that loadings on the Central Wales line seem fairly light at present , judging by the two or three times I have been on it lately . |
| 6 | We held hands going to school every morning , Jimmy and I , and three times I stood on my head for him at Miss Annie 's to prove my love . |
| 7 | And he would then call f ring three times I think maybe it was four times , and it was my my job to then run upstairs and I mean fast , you did n't dawdle . |
| 8 | Yeah , well I 've only got the one I 've only got the one erm golly how long have I had that yellow must have had it four years or more I 've only worn it about three times I think it 's erm a telly mac and it 's a yellow one erm and it is a bit longer so all these go underneath it , quite well |
| 9 | Three sons I had given him , and still he did not love me as I was so desperate to be loved . |
| 10 | As someone who made little enough progress beyond Youll Cup school tennis and county junior teams in 20 years , I remain to be convinced but I enjoyed the three hours I spent reading the book . |
| 11 | For the next three hours I witness a surreal nightmare of racing fire engines , caravans of police cars with blue and red lights flashing , a few looting bands , but mostly residents in bathrobes and curlers , gathered in silence to watch corner markets go up in smoke . |
| 12 | I don I do n't know if it 'll be three hours I mean ideally I know it should be it just depends how we we can fit it in . |
| 13 | In three minutes I had the Hispaniola sailing easily before the wind , along the coast of Treasure Island . |
| 14 | In three minutes I managed to put out the whole fire , and the lovely old building was safe . |
| 15 | Now three minutes I told you it was three minutes did n't I ? |
| 16 | But it represents a way of doing it which is not what the members of this Committee , of all three parties I suspect , want to do . |
| 17 | For the past three months I 've had an irritating itch in my lower pubic region . |
| 18 | For the past three months I 've been trying to buy some SIMMS for my Mesh 386SX . |
| 19 | Yes , and the girls had three months ' notice to leave and on the last day at three months I heard that a young lady had left the Post Office . |
| 20 | After about three months I had managed to fill the entire cash book with this sort of mundane rubbish . |
| 21 | Erm within the last two or three months I think they 've appointed three or four non-executive directors . |
| 22 | During the past three months I have purchased from the Institute two publications . |
| 23 | The three judges I met included the first woman judge to be appointed in Geurrero State . |
| 24 | And the last three weeks I 've put on road safety because I know there 's a lot of road safety stuff |
| 25 | ‘ Look , ’ she said , ‘ in those three weeks I got closer to him than anybody . |
| 26 | For three weeks I had nothing to do and I sat down and decided — I have recorded all these pieces before — to see if there was not something more behind the music . |
| 27 | Within three weeks I had handed in my dissertation , Lorne had assembled the rudimentary equipment , and with more bravado than common sense we found ourselves on the island of Celebes in the South China Sea . |
| 28 | And so in about three weeks I began to speak the language of Lilliput . |
| 29 | So er we used to go through the motions and er after about er three weeks I think it was , no , yeah , two or three weeks anyway . |
| 30 | Three weeks I think er spending time with members of other churches and also members of others cultures from all over the world . |